Pencil-printing machine.



No. 879,849. PATENTED FEB. 25, 1908. H. c. BIETTB. PENCIL PRINTING MAGHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAB.26.1907.

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H. G. BIETTE.

PENCIL PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED mu. 20,1901.

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INVENTOR WITNESSES.

No. 879,849. PATENTED FEB. 25, 1908. H. G. BIETTE.

PENCIL PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.26.1907.

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HENRY C. BIETTE, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

PENCIL-PRINTING. MACHINE wspecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25, 1908.

Application filed March 26. 1907. Serial No. 364-741.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. BIETTE, a subject of the King of England, residing at Toronto, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented a new and useful PencilPrint ing Machine, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in pencil printing machines in which the object to be rinted is supported between a printing cylin er and an impression cylinder while berinted.

Tiie objects of my invention are ;first, to avoid the use of any w' ing or cleaning device for the cleaning of t e impression cylinder; second, to rovide a machine capable of operation at a an automatic feeding and removing device fourth, to provide a simple and effective device for distributing the ink. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure I is a'vertical longitudinal section of my im roved pencil printing machine taken on the ins Ii of Fig. III. Fig; II is adetail longitudinal section of the ink distributin sleeve showing its axle in elevation. Fig; III is a plan view of the machine. Fig. IV is an enlarged detail view of the feeding device showing the impression cylinder in dotted lines and the printing cylinder partly in dotted lines and partly in section, the casing secured to a b ock adjacent to the printing cylinder and the slide and spring as they a pear whenthe casing is removed from tl fe block in dotted lines. FigV is a detail trans verse section of a sliding support and its casmg taken on the line .---V of Fig. IV. Fig. V is a side elevation of the machine. Fig. VII is an end view of the lower end of the feed rack; the upper end of the rack being broken away. Fig. VIII is a detail side elevation showing a modification.

A frame comprising two side ieces A, and Z, connected by cross pieces is suitably secured toa bed or table.

I-PdocksA and B, are secured onthe inner side of the frame A, and bored out to admit the shafts c and B, respectively, the openmgs in A, and B, being large enough to allow sgace for the adjustment of the shafts c and I n One end of the shaft 0 is mounted in a' bearing formed in the frame A, and the I 0 osite end passes through a bearing in tffe fiigh speed; third, to provide cog wheel 0, or segmental gear C, see Fig. VlII. This end of the shaft also passes through one end of a lever O and is threaded to receive a lock nut C, which holds the lever i O The opposite end of the lever 0 is provided with a slot G which allows its adjustment upon apin or bolt O upon which it is secured by a lock nut. The intermediate portion of the lever has a cog wheel C pivoted upon it which meshes with the cog wheel 0, or the segmental gear 0, and also with a cog wheel I), mounted upon the end of the shaft B The shaft B is mounted in blocks B slidingly mounted in the frames A, and Z, and adjusted by means of thumb screws I), passing throughyokes b bolted to the side frames and secured by lock nuts b An ink roller H, is mounted upon a shaft H, which in turnis mounted in bearings in the side frames A, and Z, adjacent the printing roller and inks the printing plate 0, with each rbtation of the printing cylinder C.

An axle D, is rigidly mounted in blocks D one of which is secured to each of the side frames A, and Z. The axle D, is provided with a continuous, reversed spiral groove D which receives a pin d secured to or formed integral with a sleeve (1, which revolves upon the axle D, and is driven by contact with the ink roller H. I 1

The distributing drum G, is secured upon a shaft 9, which is mounted upon adjustable blocks G which in turn are mounted upon and secured to the side frames A, and Z, respectively by set screws G This drum is also driven by contact with the ink roller H, and is supplied with ink by intermittent contact with a feed roller I, secured upon a shaft 2 mounted in blocks i, which are secured to a pivot shaft I pivoted in the side frames A, and .Z.

An arm i pivot shaft I to and its lower end mounted upon the end of the shaft i of the feed roller I. The cam g, rocks the roller I, upon its pivot I to contact with the fountain anie Z, and has rigidly secured theretr aj xgller J, which is rigidly secured to a shaft J which is mounted in hearings in the side frames A and Z.

An ink fountain is formed by the blade J held in contact with the fountain roller J, by the rod J, rigidly secured to the side frames A, and Z, and the thumb screws 7'. The thumb screws 7'", are secured by and pass through a casing J secured to the side frames A, and Z.

The ratchet wheel 7', is mounted upon one end of the shaft J, and is operated by a awl or dog 7', pivoted in the u per end of a ever 7', wh1ch is loosely secure to the shaft J, by a set screw. The opposite end of the lever ms pivoted by a pivot j, to one end of a j, the other end of which is secured by a set screw 1', to a block K formed upon or secured to a cog wheel K, 'pivotally secured to the side frame Z, and meshing with the cog wheel 0 or the segmental gear C".

One end of the shaft 0, is extended through the side frafne A, and carries a belt wheel V,

carrym a belt V, which drives the machine. One en of the shaft B passes through the side frame A, and has secured thereto a s rocket wheel 0 which drives a sprocket c ain O, which in turn drives a sprocket wheel 0, secured upon one end of the shaft E -mounted in supports E and carrying a roller E, u on which a roll e of paper e, is wound. .e sprocket wheel 0, is loosely mounted upon the sha t E. A compression coiled sprin p, is mo ted upon the shaft E outside of t e sprocke Wheel 0, and is held in contact with the hub of the s rocket wheel 0, by a thumb screw P, whic screws into a threaded hole drilled in the end of the shaft E.

The feed'roll e of paper e, is wound upon the sleeve F, which is mounted upon a shaft 1:}, which in turn is mounted in depending supports F secured to the underside of the ta e or bed. An adjustable tension is mamtained upon the feed roll by a brake strap f which asses around a wheel rigidly secured upon t e shaft F, and has one end secured to the side frame A, and the other end fo med into a 100 provided with a hook f eng gin the eye of an eye bolt f, adjustabl s cure by a thumb nut f, to a bracket formed upon or secured to one of the cross ieces Z. A feed rack M, has its upper en secured upon a cross bar 11 having lts edges pivoted feed rack is provided with side rails and the in the up er ends of su portin posts N, but the side 0 d upon and is supported by projections M formed upon the side frames A and Z. The

lower-section of one side rail M is made adjustable being fo ed with blocks upon its under side shding in ooves M formed in the bed of the feed rac and held inrplace by gravit' or by suitable fastenings. e lower end 0 the movable section M, has an arm M, depending from it, forming an end guide the lower en of the eed rack rests for the pencils. Tri-angularB pieces ofimetal M, are secured to the under side of the lowerend of the feed ragk M, and form guides for; the pencils. I

A guide plate L, is secured to a rod L ri idl g mounted upon the side frames A, and Z.

he printing cylinder. C, carries a printing late a, secured to its circumference by the on itudinal strips 0, and'cfleach with a bevele edge which fits over'corresponding beveled-edges of the rinting plate.

A cam 0 is formed upon each end of the printing cylinder, and at each rotation of the cylinder each cam comes in contact with an arm of an irregular shaped lever S, pivoted by set screw 8, upon the side frame Z, and

the block A adjacent the respective ends of the one being printed.

en a pencil comes between the guide plates L, and M, to be printed, each end rests'upon the jaws of two slides T. The slides at one end are secured to the -side frameZ, and the slides near the other end are secured to the blocks 'A, and B, re-

spectively. All four of these slides are of similar construction and are similarly operated so that adescription of one slide and its operation will appl equally to all of them. An an lar casln t, shown in section in Fig. is secure to each of the blocks A, and B, by screws t The n per arm of the casing t, is provided with a rib F. A slide T, having a longitudinal slot is slidingly mounted u on the rib t, having one end extended to orm a sup ort for the pencils while being printed. 11 the inner side of each extended end, a circular lug or projection t, is formed which is engaged by cams shown in Fig. IV- as A and B, formed upon the'adjacent ends of the printing cylinder and-theimp1ression cylinder respectively.

The contact of t e cams with the lu s t, opens the jaws of the slides, and allows t e printed pencil to drop into a tray or rack below. As the jaws open they throw back the lower ends of the levers S, thus bringing the lower ends of the levers R, in contact with the lower pencil between the guide lates and revent- 1ng it from falling until t e jaws of t e'slides I T, close, when the'lower ends of the levers R, are returned to position by the tension springs 7', one end of whichis secured to the levers R, and the other end secured to the adjacent block or side frame. Each slide T, has attached to it one endof a coiled spring T the other end of the spring being secured to the I feed rack M, and fed down adjacent block or side frame.

In the use of machines of this class heretofore manufactured, the impression roller has received the offset from the rinted pencils and means have been emplbyed to remove the ink from the impression cylinder. In my machine, the use of the pa er effectually obviates any necessity for cleaning the im ression cylinder.

using the segmental gear C", shown in Fig. VIII in the lace of the cog wheel C the impression r0 ler and other arts of the machine will be driven only whil d the pencil is being printed thus saving wear and power.

In operation, the pencils are laced in the etween the guide plates L, and M, until the lower pencil rests upon the extended ends or jaws of the slides T. As the printing-cylinder revolves, the cams c bear upon the levers S, and force the lower ends of the levers R, against the pencil next above the one resting on the jaws of the slide until the printing plate has printed the pencil resting upon the aws. As the pencil is being printed it is rotated by the pressure of the printing plate slide rather than tear the pa traveling downward and the pressure of the paper traveling upward supported by the Impression cylinder. The jaws are then separated by the cams A and B shown in dotted linesin Fig. IV and the printed pencil allowed to drop into the rack or tray. As the jaws of the slides T, are returned to position by the springs T the levers R, are drawn back by the springs r, and another pencil allowed to fall upon the jaws and the operation repeated. The inking roller H, is partially rotated by each contact with the rin-ting plate 0, and in turn drives the sleeve 5, and the drum G. When the sleeve d, has reached either end of its longitudinal travel, it is returned by the pressure of the sides of the reversed spiral groove D upon the in (1 The drum G, drives the ink feed roller I, when in contact and the cam 9 coming in contact with the wheel 1 throws the feed roller I, intermittently into contact with the fountain roller J. The pawl j operating on the ratchet wheel 7', turns the fountain roller enough to furnish the fresh ink su ply. As each pencil is printed, the travel of the sprocket chain 0, takes up the slack in the aper. The tension of the spring p, is so ad usted that the sprocket wheel 0, will er e, and the tension upon the paper feed ro ler is adjusted bythe thumb screw f. Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a printing machine, the combination with an impression cylinder and a printin cylinder arranged side byside and adapte to intermittently rotate round articles fed between them, of two pair of transversely operating opposed sliding sup orts adapted to sustain such articles while being printed.

2. In a printing machine, the combination with an impression cylinder and a printing cylinder arranged side by side and adapted to intermittently rotate round articles fed between them, of two pairs of transversely operating opposed sliding supports adapted to sustain such articles while being printed, and drop them after being printed.

3. In a printing machine, the combination with an impression cylinder journaled in a frame, a prmting cylinder journaled in the frame adjacent and substantially arallel with the impression cylinder, adapted to impart an intermittent rolling motion to round articles fed between the cylinders, and two pairs of transversely o crating opposed re-' ciprocating supports a apted to sustain such articles between the cylinders while being printed.

4. In a printing machine, the combination with an impression cylinder journaled in a frame, a prmting cylinder journaled in the frame adjacent and substantially arallel with the impression cylinder, adapted t0 impart an intermittent rolling motion to round articles fed between the cylinders, and two pairs of transversely operating opposed reciprocating supports adapted to sustain such articles between the cylinders while being printed, and to drop the same as soon as the printing operation is concluded.

5. In a printing machine, the combination with an impression cylinder and a rinting cylinder journaled in a frame side liy side, of two airs of transversely operating opposed sliding supports arranged to sustain the articles to be printed between the cylinders while being printed and to drop them afterbeing printed, and means for driving the printing cylinder continuously and the impression cylinder intermittently at the same speeds and in the same direction.

6. In a printing machine, the combination with an impression cylinder and a printing cylinder arranged side by side ,and adapted to intermittently rotate round articles fed between them, of two pairs of transversely operating opposed sliding supports adapted to sustain such articles while being printed, and means for passing a web of material over the impression cylinder and preventing the ink upon such round articles from offsetting upon the impression cylinder.

7. In a printing machine, the combination with an impression cylinder and a printing cylinder arranged side by side and adapted to intermittently rotate round articles edbetween them, of two airs of transversely operating opposed sliding supports adapted to sustain such articles while eing printed, and drop them after being printed, and

with an impression cylinder journaled in a frame, a printing cylinder journaled in the -frame adjacent and substantially parallel with the impression cylinder, and adapted to impart, an intermittent rolling motion to round articles fed between the cylinders, two.

pairs of transversely o crating opposed reciprocating supports a apted to sustain such articles between the cylinders while being printed, and means for passing a web of material over the impression cylinder and preventing the ink upon such articles from offsetting upon the impression cylinder.

9. In a printing machine, the combination with an impression cylinder journaled in a frame, a printing cylinder journaled in the frame adjacent and substantially parallel with the impression cylinder, and adapted to impart an intermittent rolling motion to round articles fed between the cylinders, two pairs of transversely operating opposed reciprocating supports adapted -to sustain such articles between the cylinders while being printed, and to drop the same as soon as the means fcr passing a web of material over the impression cylinder and preventing the ink upon such articles from offsetting upon the impression cylinder.

10. In a printing machine, the combination with an impression cylinder and a rintin: cylinder journaled in a frame sirie by si e, of two pairs of transversely operating opposed sliding supports arranged to sustain the articles to be printed between the cylin-, ders while being printed and to drop them after being printed, means for driving the printing cylinder continuously and the impression cylinder intermittently at the same speeds and in the same direction, and means for passing a web of material over the impression cylinder and preventing the ink upon such articles from offsetting upon the impression cylinder.

11. In a printing machine, the combination with an impression cylinder and a print ing cylinder arranged side by side and ada ted to intermittently rotate round articles ed between them, of a printing plate secured upon the printing cylinder, means for inking the printlng plate and two pairs of transrinting operation is concluded, and I lversely operating opposed sliding supports adapted to sustain such articles whilebeing printed.

12. In a printing machine, the combination with an impression cylinder and a printed to intermittently rotate round articles fed between them, of a printing plate secured upon the printing cylinder, means for inking the printing plate, two pairs of transversely operating opposed sliding supports adapted to sustain such articles while being printed, and drop them after being printed.

13. In a printing machine, the combination with an impression cylinder journaled in a frame, of a printing cylinder journaled in the frame adjacent and substantially paral lel with the impression cylinder adapted to impart an intermittent rolling motion to round articles fed between the cylinders, a printing plate secured upon the printing cylinder, means forinking the printing plate and two pairs of transversely operating opposed reciprocating supports adapted to sustain such articles between the cylinders while being rinted.

14. n a printing machine, the combinationwith an impression cylinder journaled in a frame, of a printing cylinder journaled in the frame adjacent and substantially parallelwith the impression cylinder adapted to impart an intermittent rolling motion to round articles fed between the cylinders, a printing plate secured upon the printing cylinder, means for inking the printing plate, and two airs of transversely o crating opposed sliding supports adapte to sustain such articles while being printed, and to drop the same as soon as the printing operation is concluded.

15. In a printing machine, the combinaing cylinder journaled in a frame si e by side, of two pairs of transversely operating 0 posed sliding supports arranged to sustain t e articles to be printed between the cylinders while being printed, and to drop them after being printed, a printing platesecured upon the printing cylinder, and means for driving the printing cylinder continuously and the impression cy indenintermittently at the same speeds and in the same direction.

, HENRY- O. BIETTE. Witnesses:

A. G. BUSH, G. H. BLANGHARD.

ing cylinder arranged side by side and adapttion with,an impression cylinder and a rim-- 

